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BIOGRAPHY Recipient of the 2011 AIA Firm Award, the firm creates beautiful, integrated, living environments that inspire change and enhance the human condition. Early pioneers of sustainable design, BNIM is a Kansas City-based interdisciplinary practice that is shaping the national and global agenda for progressive planning, responsible architecture and design excellence. Established in 1970, the firm has emerged nationally as a transformational force for established methodologies, innovative technologies and cutting-edge research in architecture, planning, landscape and workplace design. Through instrumental participation in the development of the USGBC, LEED and the Living Building concept, BNIM set the standards and pioneered projects, methods and research that shaped the direction of the sustainable movement.
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STATEMENT
BNIM is an innovator, and their workplace is a laboratory that uses a lively exchange of thoughts to stimulate exploration and sustain innovation related to site, environment and technical investigation. The indefatigable pursuit of standards in high performance, integrated design have resulted in more than 450 awards at the local, regional and national level ranging from excellence in design to cutting-edge research in materials and sustainability to master planning, 10 AIA/COTE Projects recognizing design and performance, including the first building to achieve both Living Building Standard and LEED Platinum (The Omega Center for Sustainable Living, Rhinebeck, NY). From pilot projects that defined the LEED rating system, to “REGEN” the tool that USGBC has touted as the future of its LEED Program, the firm’s significant contributions to the profession today frame the way the architects of tomorrow think about, design and fabricate our communities to celebrate humanity and achieve resiliency.
A TIMELINE OF LEADERSHIP IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
PROJECTS THAT REDEFINE A PROCESS FOR POSITIVE HUMAN, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY IMPACT
The Human Impact – Transforming the Design Profession
01 SHAPING NEW STANDARDS Case Study: Omega Center For Sustainable Living, Rhinebeck, New York One of BNIM’s 10 TOP TEN COTE PROJECTS and First LEED Platinum + Living Building
1990
10 INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION
05 TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES Case Study: City of Greensburg, Kansas
04 NEW PARADIGM FOR WORKPLACE Case Study: GSA Bannister Service Center, Kansas City, Missouri
02 REDEFINING COLLABORATION: NO ONE KNOWS AS MUCH AS EVERY ONE Case Study: School of Nursing and Student Community Center, University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston
08 DEFINING A PHILOSOPHY OF GENEROUS PRAGMATISM Case Study: Iowa Utilities Board / Office of Consumer Advocate, Des Moines, Iowa
07 DEFINING URBAN REUSE Case Study: BNIM Iowa Office, Des Moines, Iowa
06 REUSE AS GROUND ZERO OF SUSTAINABILITY Case Study: Todd Bolendar Center for Dance and Creativity, Kansas City, Missouri
09 PROTOTYPING THE FUTURE OF CITIES, HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS AND WORKPLACE Case Study: 1640 Baltimore, Kansas City, Missouri
03 DEFINING THE BUILDING AS SPECIES Case Study: Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building, University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston
Key role in the creation &
development of the USGBC, LEED, Living Building Challenge
Founded the AIA
Committee on the
Environment
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DeramusPavilion
CK ChoiCenter for Asian Studies
School of Nursing UTSCH(w/LakeFlato)
Heifer International(w/Polk Stanley Wilcox)
IRS Service Center(w/360)
Omega Center for Sustainable Living
Kiowa County Schools
IUB/OCA IUB/OCA (COTE+) and Sustainability Treehouse (w/Mithun)
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SHAPING NEW STANDARDSTHE OMEGA CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING
RHINEBECK, NEW YORK
The Omega Center for Sustainable Living is perhaps the only biological wastewater filtration facility in the
world that pairs the task of water treatment with open classrooms featuring yoga classes and pedagogy
about the importance of water conservation and reuse — all in the same facility. Using Eco-machine™
technology, the OCSL cleans 5 million gallons of wastewater annually from the Omega Institute’s 195-
acre Rhinebeck campus along the Hudson River in New York using plants and natural methods.
The primary goal for this project was to overhaul the organization’s current wastewater disposal
system for their 195-acre campus by using alternative methods of treatment. As part of a larger effort
to educate the client’s visitors, staff and local community on innovative wastewater strategies, the
project openly showcases this system in a building that houses both the primary treatment cells and a
classroom/laboratory. In addition to using the treated water for garden irrigation and in a greywater
recovery system, the building is a teaching tool in Omega Institute’s educational program designed
around the ecological impact of their system.
A manifestation of “what a building does matters as much as what it looks like,” the Omega Center for
Sustainable Living is the first building in the country to achieve both LEED Platinum certification and
Living Building status.
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FLOOR PLAN
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Percent of
building that is daylit
98%
Percent of building that
is naturally ventilated
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Percent of energy
supplied by on-site
renewable sources
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Percent of precipitation
managed on site
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“This is simply an elegant building.”PETER BUSBY AIA2010 AIA COTE TOP TEN JURY
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REDEFINING COLLABORATION NO ONE KNOWS AS MUCH AS EVERYONE
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND STUDENT COMMUNITY CENTERUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER IN HOUSTON
HOUSTON, TEXAS
An open, integrated process was the key element that transformed the design from an idea into
the building that exists today. To fully comprehend what was possible, an unusually high level of
participation from the client and users was required; 17 firms and an equally large client group worked
in collaboration from the beginning. At every level, preconceptions and concepts were rigorously
tested to insure that the strategies were consistent with the vision for constructing a building that
would last at least 100 years.
This project at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston medical campus changed the
way the University approaches building assets to leverage fiscal resources and attract human capital
for research and learning.
The School of Nursing and Student Community Center was designed using guiding principles: provide
physical and visual connections to an adjacent park; express the interior functions within the exterior
massing and materials; maximize human health and productivity and minimize the impact on the
environment. The design thoroughly examined the 225,000 square foot program and, through
mapping diurnal usage patterns, established a program whereby utilization efficiency was substantially
improved and student population increased. The annual purchased utilities cost for the LEED Gold
School of Nursing is approximately 60% less than comparable buildings on the campus.
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DEFINING BUILDING AS SPECIESTHE FAYEZ S. SAROFIM RESEARCH BUILDING,
HOME OF THE BROWN FOUNDATION INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON
HOUSTON, TEXAS
The Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building (IMM) is a compelling model for collaborative science and
research. The program and design of this building is symbiotic, as is the academic research. The building
is designed with two wings — large open laboratories in one wing are connected to a wing of offices via
a network of open walkways. Similarly, the ground floor is open and expansive and the upper floors
private and controlled. The building’s wings and various levels share a central, daylit atrium, which
offers auxiliary spaces such as a central stair, auditorium, lobby, cafe, balconies, gardens and other
shared spaces. All of these spaces provide opportunities for exchange and interactions, furthering the
idea of a collaborative academic community.
The structure was conceived as an organism with discrete parts or species. Each species is designed for
individual functions with appropriate spatial configuration, mechanical system, lighting, furnishings,
and other qualities to ensure the highest levels of health, comfort, productivity, and innovation.
The design of the IMM focuses on creating a dynamic, interactive environment conducive to research
and learning on multiple levels. From the relationship with the outdoors, to the architecture of the
building, to the interior spaces, the facility considers form and function holistically, promoting the well
being of the users as well as their productivity.
“Our genes and proteins are the game officials of our future. They already know if you have a cancer in
your future. Or dementia, or some other devastating disease. We must identify these genes and proteins
in our bodies and discover ways in which they might be altered to prevent those diseases from occuring
in the first place ... That research is the role of IMM.”
JAMES T. WILLERSON, MD, PRESIDENTTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON
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NEW PARADIGM FOR WORKPLACEBANNISTER FEDERAL COMPLEX FINANCE OFFICE AND ATRIUM
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
BNIM has always considered that clients were really everyone who would ever experience the building. As such,
when designing for the General Services Administration, the design considered how well each building respected
users, engaged the public, and enhanced the larger cityscape. The commitment to making good spaces and
places transcends typologies or size.
The light sculpture and skylit atrium are at the heart of this dynamic conversion of two bays of a dark 750,000
square foot 1940’s warehouse building into 21,200 square feet departmental office space and circulation for the
GSA Kansas City Region. The conference rooms in these offices are continuously booked by agencies throughout
the complex wanting to benefit from the natural light and experience that this space offers. Employees report
that working in such an environment is a joy — the light of the Atrium and the projected color of the light machine
along with the sustainable strategies provide incalculable benefits that enhance their work experience.
80%Reduction in Back Orders
New Orders are Fullfilled
60% faster
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Cloud (elevation)
Bones
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Axonometriclight machine
Cloud (elevation)
Sun
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TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIESGREENSBURG, KANSAS
When the New York Times said “the crows awoke on Sunday to an all but lifeless landscape in this farming
town on the rolling plains…” it was only one day after an EF-5 tornado leveled nearly all of the buildings
in Greensburg, Kansas, leaving its 1,400 residents with the difficult task of starting over.
BNIM was on the ground in Greensburg just days after the disaster, at the request of governor Kathleen
Sebelius, to lead a comprehensive disaster recovery effort. Three years after an EF5 tornado destroyed
over ninety five percent of the town, Greensburg, KS has become a model eco-community that is also
redefining the future of rural America. The comprehensive sustainable planning effort, and the subsequent
rebuilding effort have garnered worldwide attention. Greensburg is 100% powered by renewable energy
and is the first city in the United States to commit to LEED Platinum certification for all city-owned
buildings.
Greensburg has been recognized nationally and internationally for its vision, leadership and comprehensive
sustainable planning.
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1 Lobby | Vestibule 2 Reception 3 Mechanical 4 Conference 5 Office 6 Open Office 7 Copy | Break 8 Storage | Safe 9 Council Chamber10 Safe Room
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Greensburg City Hall
Administration Green Roof
Community Spaces
Support Area / Storm Shelter
Classrooms
Circulation
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REUSE AS A GROUND ZERO OF SUSTAINABILITYTHE TODD BOLENDER CENTER FOR DANCE AND CREATIVITY
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
The relocation of the Kansas City Ballet (KCB) involved careful preservation and adaptive reuse of the
52,000-square feet historic Power House at Kansas City’s Union Station, a former coal-burning plant
designed by Jarvis Hunt and completed in 1914. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in
2004, the building sat abandoned from the 1970s until 2006.
Transforming the Power House was a monumental task, adhering to The Secretary of the Interior’s
Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. The original fenestration was of primary historic
consideration. On the exterior, the cadence of large, paned windows, was celebrated and carefully
maintained and replicated.
To repair the masonry, a perfect match to the existing bricks from the original kiln and manufacturer
was used to replace 822 bricks set using the original mortar compound. In the end, the contractor
removed and replaced 17,500 bricks, 268 pieces of terra cotta and 158,000 linear feet of brick joint,
and cleaned and sealed 134,000 square feet of brick and terra cotta. The design features repurposed
industrial remnants for new use or visual interest throughout.
Kansas City Ballet saw an increase of 70% in school enrollment from 2010 – 2011 (the last year prior to
the new building) to 2012 - 2013. Ticket sales from 2010-11 season to 2011-12 season of their annual play,
Nutcracker, rose by 28% and overall season attendance was up by 92%.
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Administration Community Room Dance Studio Lobby
Locker/Dressing Room Physical Therapy Practice Studio Wardrobe
LAYERS OF DESIGN: New Systems and Architectural Spaces
Air Stratification Borrowed Light Coal Bunker/Conveyor Daylight
Glassblock/Boiler Memory Preservation Smokestack Skylight Texas Skylight
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DEFINING URBAN REUSEBNIM DES MOINES OFFICE, IOWA
Located within a former bank lobby on the southeast corner of an active street intersection in an area that has
experienced the departure of tenants at all scales, this open studio engages the urban core and fosters collaboration.
The design solution quickly focused on a response to urban and social sustainability. The focus turned to repurpose a
space that had been vacant for nearly 10 years and create an interior environment that bleeds outside the glass walls
to animate the streets beyond. The project provided a different view to this Midwest City; a view with a certain urban
grittiness and the possibility to imagine a new way to engage the city surrounding it.
The space uses the minimal insertion of partial height elements to harvest daylight and define programmatic functions.
Spatial organization follows the preexisting window module, reinforcing the interior diagram and engaging the
public at street level. The studio is organized around a central wall clad in a continuous rhythm of cork panels for
critiques, spontaneous collaboration and display, which creates an edge to the studio environment and defines an
open conference area and kitchen/library/workspace. The studio has brought life to the street level and helped foster
a rejuvenation of the urban core.
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DEFINING A PHILOSOPHY OF GENEROUS PRAGMATISMIOWA UTILITIES BOARD – OFFICE OF CONSUMER ADVOCATE
DES MOINES, IOWA
This is Every Building. Every aspect of this building’s process and design can serve as a starting point for the design
of any other building.
This project was designed to integrate replicable sustainable strategies; serving as a demonstration project for other
government facilities and private enterprise. While many of the employed strategies are “off the shelf”, what makes
this application particularly significant is the multitude of strategies integrated together to achieve a building of
exemplary energy performance.
As home to the State regulator of utilities, the IUB/OCA office building embodies a mission to lead by example for other
building owners while educating the public about energy efficiency. At the outset, IUB/OCA presented a fundamental
goal, achieve an energy use intensity of 28 kBTU/sSF per year, equivalent to 60% energy savings beyond the energy
code baseline.
The IUB/OCA, currently operating at 16.7 kBTU/sSF per year (81% below the national average), is a model case study
demonstrating a successful high performance integrated design process that can be replicated by other architectural
teams to achieve similar goals.
In keeping with the firm’s philosophy, it uses a process of replication and innovation in which past successful strategies
serve as the foundation for the innovation of new processes and strategies. Through demonstration and outreach,
these innovations become part of the public knowledge base for future replication.
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76.4%LESS
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NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR ENERGY
CONSUMPTION OF OFFICE BUILDINGS
MEASURED AVERAGE ANNUAL ENERGY USE (KBTUS/SF/YR)
DATA COLLECTION FROM THE BUILDINGS SECOND YEAR OF OCCUPANCY
KBTUS NET
ENERGYUSEWITH
PHOTOVOLTAICCONTRIBUTION
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PROTOTYPING THE FUTURE OF CITIES, HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS AND WORKPLACE1640 BALTIMORE
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
The renovation and addition of 1640 Baltimore into BNIM’s world headquarters will embody the core purpose of
BNIM: “To deliver beautiful and integrated environments that inspire change and enhance the human condition.”
One way of accomplishing this mission is creating one of the highest performing, sustainable, green projects
in the country for BNIM’s world headquarters. This will be achieved by focusing on two key aspects of design:
human-purposed and high-performance integrated design.
The building is a renovation of the Western Electric building. The three-story, 43,000 square-foot building will
house the Kansas City headquarters of BNIM as well as 12,000 square-feet of leasable space. A large open park
space to the east offers public amenities for downtown, its users and the other businesses that will inhabit it.
The workplace, which occupies the upper most two floors of the building along with the roof, is designed as
a laboratory for exploration and research. It also contains a public space that will be used in outreach and
education to the community and for various events and exhibits.
1640 is targeting LEED platinum certification—the highest level of LEED certification—and Living Building
Certification, which is the industry’s highest metric for sustainable and or green building design. As a part of
these targets, the project will achieve net-positive energy, producing all of the buildings energy needs on site,
plus an additional 5 percent.
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INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION
Omega Center for Sustainable Living:
World’s First LEED Platinum +
Living Building Certified
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Total Number of LEED Projects
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AIA/COTE Top Ten Building Awards
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Staff Principals
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Industry Fellows
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AIA NationalPresidents
2011 AIA National Architecture Firm Award
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AIA NationalYoung Architect
4 Main Offices Kansas City, Des Moines, San Diego, Los Angeles4 Incubating Offices Washington DC, Houston, St. Louis, Madison
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Total Number of LEED AP Staff
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Awards for Design,
Leadership and Planning
1990 2000
Key role in the creation &
development of the USGBC and LEED
Founded the AIA
Committee on the
Environment
1995
Birth of the Living Building concept through Plus Ultra, a report about the Montana
State University’s NIST-funded project
BNIM develops the Sustainability Report & Matrix to explain the financial costs
of sustainable design for the David & Lucile Packard Foundation in Los Altos, CA
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BNIM designs the first building to achieve Living
Building Challenge — the Omega Center for Sustainable Living in
Rhinebeck, NY
With help from BNIM, Greensburg becomes the First
City in the U.S. to adopt LEED
Platinum Standard
BNIM’s story is the story of the sustainable design movement. It is also the story of a strong Midwest
design firm looking to make a difference in it’s local community, that ended up being sought nationally
for ideas about human health and happiness, creating thriving communities and how the built
environment can have a benign or restorative impact on humans and our natural world. BNIM’s own
development parallels and has influenced every major milestone in sustainability in the architectural
profession.
2005 2010
BNIM along with USGBC develops
REGEN, a tool that goes beyond LEED to help designers work
regeneratively
over140K
LEED Professionals Worldwide
over30K
LEED ProjectsWorldwide
$50 Billion
Green Building Market
over100
Countries with LEED Projects
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